[Commpsych] Last chance to register - online workshop 7pm AEST TONIGHT: Susie Burke on Climate Emergency: rekindling hope and taking effective action

[Heather Gridley]

Last chance to register for Episode 1 of the new Large Scale Change series brought to you by the APS College of Community Psychologists. The issue doesn't get much larger than this!
In this evening's online workshop Dr Susie Burke shares some practical strategies for rekindling your hope and taking effective action on climate change. All are welcome. Register<https://psychology.org.au/event/24642> <https://psychology.org.au/event/24642> by 3.30pm AEST today even if you can't make it tonight - that way you can view the recording within 90 days afterwards. (And apologies for any cross-postings but I didn't want any of you to miss out 🙂)
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Register here: https://psychology.org.au/event/24642<https://psychology.org.au/event/24642?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2qOUNQFJW9ePT5KhuzMi9uocJ6hvyTB3lImaMzC8nzVwOiRn6s7qOYmOM_aem_AfwigtyvqZgR7IZIQTFjMYauQqwVD0wTd8e30Hiq5RBwqTgtW1OiHZdJz6EaS9KS2Nn6YDNcjedSiTBJXiNON9vb>
In this webinar/workshop we look at two psychological models which help us develop strategies to cope with existential distress and focus on what matters in the context of the climate emergency. The climate crisis is not an individual problem, although we experience it as individuals. We will generate examples of the ‘Big Yes’ and the ‘Big No’ - collective actions which aim to change the systems that are harming us and causing our anxiety, helplessness and despair.  We all know what makes a life worth living and it does us good to cultivate and use these parts of our lives to connect with others in climate action.  We will also explore non-violent direct action as a technique, and the importance of the sympathetic majority being explicit and loud in their support of systemic change.
The workshop is designed to be helpful for us personally in our work and lives as well as providing rationales and approaches that psychologists can use with clients in therapeutic, organisational and community contexts.
About the presenter
Dr Susie Burke PhD
Dr Susie Burke is an environmental psychologist, therapist, climate change campaigner and parent, currently working in private practice in Castlemaine, Victoria.  She is an adjunct associate professor at the University of Queensland, and co-author of the Climate Change Empowerment Handbook and other articles and resources on the psychology of climate change.  She consults, and runs workshops and individual sessions to help people cope with and come to terms with climate change.
Workshop cost
APS Community Psychology Group members FREE event
APS member $30
Students/Concession $20
Non-APS member $50
If this is too short notice for you to join the workshop live, the recording will be available for 90 days afterwards, but only to those who register before 3.30pm today!
Booking details: https://psychology.org.au/event/24642<https://psychology.org.au/event/24642?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2qOUNQFJW9ePT5KhuzMi9uocJ6hvyTB3lImaMzC8nzVwOiRn6s7qOYmOM_aem_AfwigtyvqZgR7IZIQTFjMYauQqwVD0wTd8e30Hiq5RBwqTgtW1OiHZdJz6EaS9KS2Nn6YDNcjedSiTBJXiNON9vb>
(Feel free to let me know if you receive duplicates of these Commpsych emails - or if you'd rather not receive them at all 🙁)
Heather Gridley OAM FAPS
Community and Counselling Psychologist
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